Thomas Fudge
Science and Technology ReporterA journalist with 30 years of experience, Tom covers science and technology stories for KPBS' platforms. He joined KPBS in 1998 to cover San Diego issues related to growth, transportation, and development. He previously served as host of These Days (now KPBS Midday Edition) and as a news editor. Tom began his broadcasting career in 1988 at WSUI Radio in Iowa City as a reporter and newscaster. He then spent five years at Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) where he worked as a reporter. Following his departure from MPR, Tom was a freelance journalist, working for Twin Cities Public Television, WCCO Radio, and a variety of regional and national newspapers and magazines. He has received recognition for his outstanding work in hosting and public affairs reporting from the Unity Awards, the Northwest Broadcast News Association, and the San Diego chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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Smart street sensors and parking meters are part of a plan to make parking in San Francisco more available and easier to find. -
The San Diego Planning Department has disappeared into the city bureaucracy. Now it's unclear how we'll decide what the city should become. -
Next week the San Diego City Council will take hold of a boiling pot when they decide whether to endorse a plan to make Balboa Park's Plaza de Panama a pedestrian-only zone. -
Caltrans has downgraded plans to expand Interstate 5 in San Diego, and that may upgrade plans for transit and smart growth. -
The housing market in Southern California saw an uptick in June. But while sales and prices improved over the previous month, they were well below the previous year. -
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Gov. Gavin Newsom threw his support behind San Diego's Measure D Thursday. -
Construction began Thursday near Poway on the first leg of a 10,000-mile-long broadband network.
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- San Diego 101: Why is it so hard to build housing?
- San Diego International Airport opens new entrance roadway to cut down traffic